12/31/2007 - 3/30/2008 Hardware - 2008 period (2007 period) [% change] Wii - 1,077,100 (1,005,313) [+7%] NDS - 1,064,289 (1,948,344) [-46%] PSP - 1,038,713 (672,823) [+53%] PS3 - 336,429 (362,647) [-8%] 360 - 54,250 (80,547) [-33%] Full report in the comment section.
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Hardware sales: 1. PSP　113000 2. DSL　52000 3. Wii　46000 4. PS3　11000 5. PS2　10000 6. 360　2300
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"Recessionary environment is negative, but we believe the core gaming market to be more resilient than its casual counterpart." Core gamers will keep buying, casual gamers won't." "Casual gaming growth has been driven the last 3 years by DS. Demand has peaked in JA, & we believe is currently peaking overseas. Compounded by less robust retail environment, we expect decline in handhelds. Companies expected to do well Capcom & Square Enix, both have strong core franchise game sequels coming."
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Adobe plans to bring Flash to the iPhone. This could have a significant impact on gamers, possibly opening up not only existing internet Flash games, but providing developers to code in Flash, a familiar format to many, for the lucrative market that is the iPhone.
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Top 5 in US were 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) 2. Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360) 3. Wii Play with Remote (Wii) 4. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3) 5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) In Canada 1. Wii Play with Remote (Wii) 2. Rock Band Special Edition Bundle (Xbox 360) 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with Wireless Guitar (Xbox 360) 4. Turok (Xbox 360) 5. Rock Band Special Edition Bundle (PS2)
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Matt Matthews takes a close look at the US sales trends that helped define perhaps the best year in videogame software. Software sales in 2007 were exceptional – think of it as a slightly smaller slice of a much, much larger pie. Let's put it this way: the top 10 games in 2006 accounted for just over 15 million software units. In 2007, the top 10 games represented over 27 million software units.
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Due to the LIVE outages over the Holidays and into the new year Microsoft annoucned they would be compensating all Live users with a free game. Major Nelson announced today that that game would be Undertow on the XBLA. It will be avilible for free starting Tuesday Jan. 22 through Sunday the 27th.
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TORONTO - The Canadian video game industry rang up a record $1.5 billion at the cash register in 2007, up 56 per cent from the previous year. The figures, as reported Thursday by the NPD Group which tracks the industry, follow sales of $933 million in 2006, which in itself was a 22 per cent rise from the year before. Those totals include hardware, software and accessories.
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"Thanks in part to the continued Wii shortage, the Xbox 360 likely closed the hardware sales gap with Wii in December. simExchange also notes that PS3 is gaining on 360."
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" Total Sales Increase 35% Over Previous Year; Holiday Same Store Sales Increase 20%; Fiscal 2007 Earnings Guidance Raised by $0.13 per share."
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